Taoming Ye is already twenty years old. Throughout these twenty years, Taoming Ye's health has never been good. She would occasionally add a bit of poison to the medicine Taoming Ye took, making his health increasingly poor, but not to the point of taking his life.
Seeing Taoming Ye in poor health, living like a useless person every day, in sharp contrast with her healthy son, made her extremely happy.
Originally, she intended to put the poison in Taoming Ye's meals, but given the number of people in the kitchen and her lack of trust in those there, she thought she might get away with it once, but repeated times would surely be discovered. If Tao Chengyin found out, considering their spousal ties, he might only divorce her. Without those sentiments, it could be far worse—she might be handed over to the government for punishment.
